Brian Howey: Don't hold your breath for Indiana pot law change

1:39 PM,
Jan. 2, 2014

An employee weighs portions of retail marijuana to be packaged and sold at 3D Cannabis Center in Denver, Tuesday Dec. 31, 2013. Colorado is making final preparations for marijuana sales to begin Jan. 1, a day some are calling 'Green Wednesday.' (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

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Brian Howey

The legal sale of recreational marijuana began Wednesday in Colorado and will be followed later this year by the state of Washington. But Hoosiers shouldn't hold their breath about that happening any time soon in Indiana.

Even though recent polling shows rapidly evolving views from a majority of Hoosiers, the political establishment in Indiana appears to be firmly moored to the Drug War era that has seen more than 160,000 residents charged with various criminal and misdemeanor violations over the past decade.

In the past, voluminous public support on issues such as a state lottery and ...